Ellis doubles down on bid to upset Amash

He loans another $400,000 to campaign

12:55 AM,
Jul. 17, 2014

Brian Ellis

Written by

Maureen Groppe
Gannett Washington Bureau

Brian Ellis, the Republican financial consultant hoping to upset GOP Rep. Justin Amash in next month's primary, has committed $800,000 of his own money to the race, new campaign disclosure reports show.

That puts him among the top 10 self-funders running for the House this year, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington group that tracks political fundraising. But Ellis still had only about half as much cash in the bank as Amash about a month before the Aug. 5 primary.

And Amash has benefited from about $373,000 in independent advertising from the ...